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KISS KOMPENDIUM by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley — In 1977, blood from each member of the rock band KISS was drawn by a registered nurse and poured into vats of red ink used for printing the band’s first comic book. It was created by Marvel legend Stan Lee and was the beginning of a hugely successful KISS comic book franchise. All are now out of print. Now, for the first time, the KISS KOMPENDIUM combines the most breathtaking KISS comic books into an oversized collector’s compilation. With illustrations as riveting and hardcore as the band’s real-life, fire-breathing line-up, the Demon (Gene Simmons), Starchild (Paul Stanley), and the other band members’ superhero alter egos defeat evil in more than 1,200 pages of KISS comics!
THE TALENTED MISS HIGHSMITH: THE SECRET LIFE AND SERIOUS ART OF PATRICIA HIGHSMITH by Joan Schenkar — Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of 20th-century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her favorite “hero-criminal,” talented Tom Ripley. In this biography, Joan Schenkar paints a riveting portrait, from Highsmith’s birth in Texas to Hitchcock’s filming of her first novel, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, to her long, strange, self-exile in Europe. We see her as a secret writer for the comics, a brilliant creator of disturbing fictions, and erotic predator with dozens of women (and a few good men) on her love list. THE TALENTED MISS HIGHSMITH is the first literary biography with access to Highsmith’s whole story: her closest friends, her oeuvre, her archives. It’s a compulsive page-turner unlike any other, a book worthy of Highsmith herself.
STAR WARS: DARTH BANE: DYNASTY OF EVIL by Drew Karpyshyn — Twenty years have passed since Darth Bane, reigning Dark Lord of the Sith, demolished the ancient order devoted to the dark side and reinvented it as a circle of two: one master to wield the power and pass on the wisdom, and one apprentice to learn, challenge, and ultimately usurp the Dark Lord in a duel to the death. But Bane’s acolyte, Zannah, has yet to engage her master in mortal combat and prove herself a worthy successor. Determined that the Sith dream of galactic domination will not die with him, Bane vows to learn the secret of a forgotten Dark Lord that will assure the Sith’s immortality … and his own.
BURNING SHADOWS by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro — Yarbro looks at the legendary Huns from the perspective of the people who faced the brunt of their attacks. The vampire Saint-Germain seeks sanctuary at an isolated monastery, unwilling to abandon the hundreds of terrified villagers he has led in flight from the Huns. A few Roman soldiers and some village Watchmen are the monastery’s defense force — and they are undermined by the religious fervor of some of the monks, who argue that since everyone’s fate is in God’s hands, it is foolish to defend themselves. In the hothouse atmosphere of the high-walled monastery, Saint-Germain must take special care when slaking his vampire thirst, for discovery of his True Nature will result in his True Death.
DEAD AIR by Deobrah Shilan and Linda Reid — Sammy Greene isn’t afraid to ruffle a few feathers at Ellsford University. Host of a talk-radio show on campus station WELL, she tackles the toughest, most controversial issues facing Ellsford’s students. When Sammy discovers the body of esteemed professor Dr. Burton Conrad, her journalistic drive kicks in and she sets out to discover what happened. But when several Ellsford students mysteriously disappear, Sammy realizes she’s uncovered the seamy, terrifying underbelly of this prestigious institute of higher education. With the entire campus in peril, and demons from her past close behind, she must race to find answers. If Sammy isn’t careful, someone is going to make sure that she signs off — for good.
LULLABY FOR THE NAMELESS by Sandra Ruttan — Her body was found in a Dumpster. But one look at the victim told Hart and Tain that this would be no ordinary investigation. There were details eerily similar to the first case that they had worked on together, a search for a terrifying murderer called the Missing Killer. And when they saw the victim’s face they realized something else: This woman was the only one to escape the Missing Killer with her life. But Hart, Tain and Nolan solved that case almost two years ago. The killer is dead. Isn’t he? Is someone out to finish what the Missing Killer started? Or did they get the wrong man?
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